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Category Archives: Fiction
Brideshead Reviewed in Brighton
The Brideshead Revisited stage production opened earlier this week in Brighton and has been reviewed in today’s Brighton Argus. The review is by Neil Vowles who finds that the play falls short of expectations: Without Oxford, Venice or Brideshead’s grand architecture, and … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Theater
Tagged Adrian Imms, Brighton Argus, Damian Cruden, Neil Vowles, Sammi O'Neill, theatresoutheast.com
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Production to Start on BBC Decline and Fall Series
Production will start in Wales next month on the BBC’s three-part TV adaptation of Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. Comedian Jack Whitehall has already been signed to play Paul Pennyfeather and negotiations are nearly concluded with actress Eva Longoria … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Eva Longoria, Jack Whitehall
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Brideshead Reviewed in Worcestershire (More)
The Redditch Advertiser and other local papers has published a review of the Malvern performance of the Brideshead Revisited stage production. This is by Alan Wallcroft who emphasizes that the performance in Malvern is a “nostalgic homecoming” for this story: which owes … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Theater
Tagged Alan Wallcroft, Behind the Arras, Redditch Advertiser, Tim Crow
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The Daily Beast on The Daily Beast
In an article in the online newspaper The Daily Beast, Robert Bateman describes the origin of the paper’s name. He recounts how the 1935 Abyssinian War was influenced by the First Abyssinian War of 1895-96, which Italy lost disastrously. Benito Mussolini was 13 … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Abyssinia, Robert Bateman, The Daily Beast
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Vile Bodies and Aladdin Sane (More)
Waugh biographer and blogger Duncan McLaren has posted a thought-provoking article on the influence of Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies on David Bowie’s composition of Aladdin Sane. See earlier posts. McLaren reimagines Bowie’s work against the backdrop of the parties he attended on his … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh Society, Vile Bodies
Tagged Aladdin Sane, David Bowie, Duncan McLaren
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Waugh Letters to Anthony Powell to be Auctioned
Bonham’s auction house has announced the sale of the letters written by Evelyn Waugh to his friend and fellow novelist Anthony Powell. The letters cover the period 1927-1964 and include letters from Waugh’s first wife to Powell who remained on … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Decline and Fall, Items for Sale, Letters, Rossetti: His Life and Works
Tagged Anthony Powell, Bonhams
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Brideshead Reviewed in Worcestershire
The touring stage production of Brideshead Revisited opened earlier this week in Malvern at the Festival Theatre in the Malvern Theatres group for a one week run. It was reviewed yesterday by John Philpott in the Worcester News and other … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Theater
Tagged John Philpott, Malvern Theatres, Robert Gore-Langton, The Lady magazine, Worcester News
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Waugh Character in List of Oxford Notables
The Oxford Royale Academy, which offers summer school and other college preparatory instruction, has published in its promotional materials a list of 8 of the most famous Oxford literary characters. Included on the list is Sebastian Flyte: In reality, Oxford … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Oxford
Tagged Oxford Royale Academy
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BBC Repeats Panel on Decline and Fall
BBC Radio 4 is repeating the 2013 panel program on Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. This is part of the series entitled “In Our Time” hosted by Melvin Bragg: David Bradshaw, John Bowen and Ann Pasternak Slater join Melvyn … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Discussions, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, In Our Time
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Waugh in the OED
The Oxford English Dictionary has made available an inventory of its quotations of Evelyn Waugh’s works. This is cached on Google at this link. According to this summary, Waugh is the 775th most quoted author and Put Out More Flags is his most … Continue reading
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Tagged Oxford English Dictionary
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